[gemy]

It is not an award won lightly. Although I do have a question; how do you insure all your puppies are eventually registered with the AKC? I understand that you can register your litters, but the eventual owner is the one that individually registers the dog with the AKC?

Here in Canada it is different, as we the breeder, once we sell a dog, submit the paperwork into the CKC to change the ownership over to purchaser a/b/c. We are not allowed to charge more for this registration.

It takes a lot of time and dedication, not to mention money, to bring a dog deservedly to a CH, and just as much time and dedication to bring a dog to CD an obedience title.

While many parent clubs have minimal requirements on health screenings, some have quite extensive lists. The havanese club is one such club.

Yet still it is a good step in the right direction. As more genetic tests for more conditions become available, gosh how about LS or Leggs Perthes, we as breeders can very shortly rid the breed of these two conditions.

Some conditions are even further away from a genetic marker than LS.

Such as LP, although given its' rampant nature in toy breeds, one would hope there is a lot of research going into this.